Photography Techniques

This tutorial will show you how to use GIMP to create a black border for your images.

Peter Bargh rounds up the gadgets that will help you move really close to your subject in this guide to macro gear.

John Gravett explains how shooting snow scenes in black & white can add so much more to an image.

Here are 10 top tips on photographing bridges.

Taking photographs in fog can add intrigue to an image but it's not always easy to do. This article aims to help you with this photography challenge.

See how creating a Photoshop Action can save you time when performing regular and mundain image editing tasks.

Here's an explanation on what tripod heads are available and what they are good for.

John Gravett shares his tips on photographing snowy landscapes.

Here are a few tips on photographing parties during the festive period.

See how a little work in Photoshop can turn a good portrait into a great one.

Why is it when we go on holiday and need a passport photo we rely on that robot booth to churn out automated pictures at a tune of over £3 per shot? Peter Bargh shows you how to shoot, prepare and print pictures for your passport with ease.

Having a little knowledge about how the camera's shutter speed works can help you obtain pictures with more impact.

Peter Bargh explains how you can use the valuable Layer Mask option of Photoshop to make better colour changes and selections, in this step by step image editing technique.

See how a hand-held light meter will help you get better exposures, even if you are using a digital camera.

The famous high key effect is one of the most interesting, yet simple, effects you can achieve in digital photography

The eyes are one of the most important parts of a portrait, and usually the first thing we notice. Therefore, a small amount of enhancement on the eyes can go a very long way to producing a portrait with real zing.

Once you grasp the basic principles of focusing your photographs will take on a whole new depth.

Attaching a neutral density filter to your camera lens will bring you several benefits, as Peter Bargh explains.

Photoshop expert, Terry Steeley, kicks off the first of a new series of tutorials for ePHOTOzine that looks at how to watermark our digital images to protect them from being used without our consent.

Chris Burfoot AMPA shows us how to set up studio lighting.

Light is not always what it seems. Peter explains about colour temperature.

Doug Jackson shares his tips on photographing interiors.

Trees looks great in Autumn but you don't have to wait until then to photograph them.

Get out of bed before the rest of the world wakes up to capture some great images.

Mark Elliott of Better Photos shares his advice on operating flashguns.

Windows XP comes with a small program called Windows Movie Maker that most photographers may not have realised could be a useful tool. Peter Bargh shows you how it can be used as great tool for creating fun slide shows.

Here we are going to learn how to replace the background of a photograph and correct the lighting so that the two images are seamlessly combined to recreate a special moment. Michael Bates is your tutor and he's using the free editing program Gimp

Puffins make great characters for portraits so why not head to the coast and spend an hour or two photographing these popular sea birds.

See how a hand-held light meter will help you get better exposures, even if you are using a digital camera.

Here are some tips on how you can control natural light in your photos.